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HomeMy WebLinkAbout657 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 657 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE RANCHO REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga (the "City Council" or "Council") has received from the Rancho Cucamonga Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") the proposed Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project Area (the "Amendment"), a copy of which is on file at the office of the City Clerk, 10550 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California, and at the office of the Agency at the same address, together with the report of the Agency prepared pursuant to Section 33352 of the California Health and Safety Code, including without limitation a description of the remaining blight in the Project Area, and the portion, if any, of the Project Area that is no longer blighted, and the projects that are required to be completed to eradicate the remaining blight therein; the proposed method of financing the redevelopment of the Project Area; the report and recommendations of the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as to the conformity of the Amendment with the City's General Plan; a summary of consultations with Project Area owners and businesses; an environmental impact report which includes the Project Area described in the Amendment; a neighborhood impact report describing the impact of the Redevelopment Plan upon residents of the Project Area and surrounding areas; a summary of consultations with taxing agencies; and an implementation plan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga has submitted to the City Council its report and recommendations concerning the Amendment and its certification that the Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan for the City of Rancho Cucamonga; and WHEREAS, the City Council on June 6, 2001 held a public hearing on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.), and the guidelines for implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (14 Cal. 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Code Section 15000 et seq.) and the Supplemental EIR was thereafter revised and supplemented to incorporate comments received and responses thereto; and WHEREAS, the Agency and City Council have certified the adequacy of the final Supplemental EIR, submitted pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21151 and Health and Safety Code Section 33352; and WHEREAS, the City Council and the Agency held a joint public hearing on June 6, 2000 on adoption of the Amendment in the Rancho Cucamonga City Council Chambers, 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California; and Ordinance No. 657 Page 2 of 5 WHEREAS, notice of said hearing was duly and regularly published in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date of said hearing, and a copy of said notices and affidavits of publication are on file with the City Clerk and the Secretary of the Agency; and WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by first class mail to the last known address of each assessee as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the County of San Bernardino for each parcel of land in the Project Area not less than 30 days prior to the hearing; and WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed to all residents and businesses within the Project Area whose addresses were reasonably obtainable by the Agency not less than 30 days prior to the hearing; and WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by certified mail with return receipt requested to the governing body of each taxing agency which receives taxes from property in the Project Area; and WHEREAS, .the City Council has considered the report from the Planning Commission, the report of the Agency, the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and its economic feasibility, and the Supplemental EIR, has provided an opportunity for all persons to be heard, and has received and considered all evidence and testimony presented for or against any and all aspects of the Redevelopment Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION1: The City Council hereby finds and determines, based on substantial evidence in the record, including, but not limited to, the Agency's Report to the City Council on the proposed Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project Area, and all documents referenced therein, and evidence and testimony received at or prior to the joint public hearing on adoption of the Amendment held on June 6, 2001, that: a) The extension of the time limit to incur debt in the Project Area is necessary because significant blight remains within the Project Area. b) The blight cannot be eliminated with the establishment of additional debt. SECTION2: The Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project is hereby amended as follows: "The Agency shall not establish or incur loans, advances or indebtedness to be paid with the proceeds of property taxes beyond January 1, 2014." Ordinance No. 657 Page 3 of 5 The Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project is hereby amended to authorize the Agency to provide or participate in providing the following additional facilities or improvements: a) Improve the freeway interchange at Base Line Road and the I-15 Freeway b) Construct a Satellite City Yard facility c) Install a fiber optic ring d) Widen Haven Avenue from Base Line Road to the SR-30 Freeway e) Improve Foothill Boulevard from Vineyard Avenue west to the City limits. SBCTION4: All oral objections presented to the City Council at or prior to the hearing have been considered and, no written objections having been received, such oral objections are hereby overruled. SBCTION S: That certain document entitled "Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project" a copy of which is on file in the office of the Agency, and in the office of the City Clerk, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated into this Ordinance by reference and made a part hereof. All activities undertaken by the Agency and/or the City of Rancho Cucamonga pursuant to or in implementation of the Amendment shall be undertaken in accordance with the mitigation measures and mitigation monitoring plan set forth in said Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, and the Agency shall undertake such additional environmental reviews as necessary at the time of implementation of such activities. S~CTION S: That certain document entitled "Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Redevelopment Project", the maps contained therein, and such other reports as are incorporated therein by reference, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Agency, and the office of the City Clerk, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated in this Ordinance by reference and made a part hereof. EE~_,ZIDJ~LT_: The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Agency; thereupon the Agency is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Amended Redevelopment Plan. Ordinance No. 657 Page 4 of 5 SECTION 8: If any part of this Ordinance or the Amended Redevelopment Plan which it approves is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or of the Amended Redevelopment Plan, and this Council hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the Ordinance or approved the remainder of the Amended Redevelopment Plan if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted. S~CTION g: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after adoption. ,~u~,Z[.Q~L1.D: The mayor shall sign this ordinance and the city clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption of it, and shall cause the same or a summary hereof to be published in the JaJaj:l~;LV. aJJ~ Da~, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June 2001. AYES: Alexander, Curatalo, Williams NOES: None ABSENT: Dutton ABSTAINED: Biane William J. Alex'~nd~'r: May6r ./ ATT'EST: Ordinance No. 657 Page 5 of 5 I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 6th day of June 2001, and was passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the t 20 h day of June 2001. Executed this 21 st day of June 2001, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. ELe~a J. Adar~/CMC, City Clerk